Deuteronomy 5:27
in Deuteronomy 5Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Go thou near, and hear all that Jehovah our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that Jehovah our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
KJV
Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 5
Commentary
4 notes on this verse(2.) That they thought Moses able to bear those discoveries of the divine glory which they by reason of guilt were sensible of their inability to stand up under. They believed him to be a favourite of Heaven, and also one that would be faithful to them; yet at other times they murmured at him, and but a little before this were ready to stone him, Exod. xvii.
This site's exposition
all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me
on Deuteronomy 5:23-27
The heads of the tribes and the elders ask Moses to "listen to all that the LORD our God says" and tell them. Having heard God and lived, they fear hearing him again, and 18:15-18 answers with the promised prophet.
This site's exposition
we will listen and obey
The request ends in a promise, which verse 28 hears and approves and verse 29 answers with a wish for the heart to keep it. Matthew Henry notes that the people trusted Moses to bear what they could not.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קְרַ֤ב | kerav | draw near | H7126 → | 280 times |
| אַתָּה֙ | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| וּֽשֲׁמָ֔ע | ushama' | and hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֵ֛ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יֹאמַ֖ר | yomar | he will say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ | ʾeloheinu | God our | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וְאַ֣תְּ׀ | veat | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| תְּדַבֵּ֣ר | tedaber | you will speak | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֵלֵ֗ינוּ | ʾeleinu | to us | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֵת֩ | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יְדַבֵּ֜ר | yedaber | he will speak | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| יְהוָ֧ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ | ʾeloheinu | God our | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֵלֶ֖יךָ | ʾeleikha | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וְשָׁמַ֥עְנוּ | veshama'nu | and we will listen | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| וְעָשִֽׂינוּ׃ | veasinu | and we will do [it] | H6213 → | 2628 times |
קְרַ֤בdraw near
keravH7126 →280 times
אַתָּה֙you
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
וּֽשֲׁמָ֔עand hear
ushama'H8085 →1159 times
אֵ֛ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יֹאמַ֖רhe will say
yomarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּGod our
ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times
וְאַ֣תְּ׀and you
veatH859 →1094 times
תְּדַבֵּ֣רyou will speak
tedaberH1696 →1141 times
אֵלֵ֗ינוּto us
ʾeleinuH413 →5510 times
אֵת֩<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יְדַבֵּ֜רhe will speak
yedaberH1696 →1141 times
יְהוָ֧הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּGod our
ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times
אֵלֶ֖יךָto you
ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times
וְשָׁמַ֥עְנוּand we will listen
veshama'nuH8085 →1159 times
וְעָשִֽׂינוּ׃and we will do [it]
veasinuH6213 →2628 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 20:19“Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 18:16
This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Acts 7:38
He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
- Exodus 33:20
But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”
- Deuteronomy 5:23–27
And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,
- Deuteronomy 18:16
Through
Hebrews 12:19to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 15:52
in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
- Deuteronomy 4:12
And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.
- Exodus 20:1–19
And God spoke all these words:
- Deuteronomy 5:3–22
He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.
- 1 Corinthians 15:52
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.